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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1944
Page
1
Weather outlook shows little temperature change tonight and Thursday with scattered afternoon thunder showers. Local highs reached 87 and lows 67. Community notices include military promotions, furloughs, births, hospital updates, and church services with several residents and service members named.
The Foreman's Association of America halted a wartime strike at 13 Detroit aircraft plants after Army Air Forces Chief General Arnold warned it could jeopardize bomber production and invasion plans. The six association chapters were ordered to reconvene and return to work immediately, ending a disruption the military said could cost fighters and lives.
The War Today notes a Chinese drive across the Salween river in Southwest China with 20 000 men to push Japanese forces out of Northern Burma. The goal is to reconnect the old Burma road with the Ledo road to improve supply lines to India as Allied aid increases.
Allied forces and air power press Burma road opening and the Peiping Hankow line. Chinese recapture a third position near Loyang on the Peiping Hankow railroad while Chennaults air force hammers enemy concentrations. Stilwell closes on Kamaing area as Nimitz says Marshalls blast isolates Japanese in Jaluit and Shumushu. MacArthur air war hits Wakde Sarmi area with 750 tons dropped in three days.
James Clay Tapscott 79 of Falkville died Tuesday at Cullman hospital. Funeral at 3 p m Thursday at Falkville Methodist Church with Rev H M Hurst and Rev O P Sviegel officiating. Survived by wife Connie two sons Seldon Tapscott Dallas Tex and Frank Tapscott Birmingham seven grandchildren one brother John Tapscott Denison Tex and one sister Mrs W A Dodson Birmingham. Interment Falkville cemetery Peck directing.
Rear Admiral E L Cochrane told the Southern California Conference of the National Association of Manufacturers that the American Navy now numbers over 1200 fighting ships, up from about 380 four years earlier. He cited adding more than 760 ships by the start of this year.
President Roosevelt greeted delegates from the International Labour Organization in Philadelphia. He endorsed the ILO declaration calling for full employment social security and collective bargaining rights. He urged broad adoption by nations as a landmark in world thinking and a guide to international economic policy.
Frank J. Hogan a prominent Washington attorney died Monday and will be buried in Mount Olivet cemetery Friday after private services at Gawler's funeral home and a requiem mass at St Matthew's Cathedral Rev Joseph M Moran pastor of the Church of St Thomas the Apostle who gave last rites will officiate at the services.
An African American insurance man, John C Calhoun, a Republican, will challenge Rep. Robert Ramspeck in Georgia s fifth district for the November election. Calhoun plans to seek the GOP nomination next Monday at a predominantly Negro district party convention in Atlanta, a day before a rival, white led Republican group meets.
European radios reported looming Allied offensives from both West and East as Berlin said Rommel completed a checkup of the Atlantic wall. Dittmar noted uncertainty in timing while Rundstedt was named supreme anti invasion commander with Rommel and Blaskowitz heading army groups. Moscow broadcast claimed the Red Army was ready to strike east and join with Anglo American forces.
London reports a light night raid on Berlin carried out by British Mosquito bombers without loss. It follows May 9 raids on Berlin and Paris as weather slows the air offensive. A lull in continent activity allowed a fighter sweep, with one Allied plane lost.
Ernie Pyle spends days with Ninth Air Force B 26 Marauder bombers at a US bomber station in England. He befriends Lieuts Lindsey Green and Jack Arnold, learns about pre invasion air operations, and notes the green English landscape and large airfield.
Greta Palmer testified before a House committee that Wendell Willkie suggested a critical article on the FCC but James Fly protested it as libel and prevented publication. Palmer said she sought Fly and other officials’ views, while Willkie’s associates denied his involvement beyond advising to contact Paley and radio executives.
Decatur star Don Whitmire, an All American tackle with a Navy team and former Alabama standout, could join the Green Bay Packers when his officer training ends. Packers coach E. L. Lambeau sent a letter inviting him, and Whitmire is due home on leave around June 10.
The Humble Oil Company is legally entitled to the state reward of 50000 dollars and free oil leases on 40000 acres for bringing Florida's first commercial well. Attorney General Tom Watson ruled the claim but it must be confirmed by the state internal improvement fund trustees, cabinet members, before payment.
German broadcasts indicated Nazi expectations of a renewed Soviet offensive on the Lwow Kovel and Northern Romanian fronts with massing Russian forces. Moscow issued a brief noting localized actions on the lower Dnestr and an undisclosed sector. Soviet reports claimed heavy losses for the Germans at Tiraspol and a successful Soviet tank operation killing about 400 enemy troops.
A large crowd gathered at Central Baptist Church to mourn Dr John C Cowell Jr a longtime pastor who died of a heart attack aged 43. Former assistants Homer Britton and Elmer Piper spoke admiredly as the funeral cortege headed to Fayetteville North Carolina for the final services.
Allied front lines push northward into the Liri valley toward Highway No 6 behind Cassino with German parachute troops yielding positions. British Indian and American units seize key points, with Cassino threatened as French advances press toward Ausonia and Castello.
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